22231. Adulteration and misbranding of frozen mixed eggs.     U.  S. v. Jay
G. Odell (J. G. Odell Co.).    Plea of guilty.    Fine, $25.     (F. & D. no.
31481.    Sample nos. 27121-A, 33978-A.)
This case was based on two shipments of frozen mixed eggs, one of which 
was in part decomposed, samples having been found to be putrid, sour, or stale. 
The remaining lot contained added egg whites.
On April 3, 1934, the United States attorney for the District of Minnesota, 
acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the district court 
an information against Jay G. Odell, trading as J. G. Odell Co., St. Paul, Minn., 
alleging shipment by said defendant in violation of the Food and Drugs Act, 
on or about January 8, 1932, from the State of Minnesota into the State of 
Wisconsin, and on or about October 3, 1932, from the State of Minnesota into 
the State of New York, of quantities of frozen mixed eggs that were adulterated, 
and a portion of which was also misbranded. The article was labeled in part: 
" Odell Fine Northern Mixed Eggs   *    *    *    St. Pan"
It was alleged in the information that one of the lots was adulterated in 
that it consisted in part of a decomposed and putrid animal substance. Adul- 
teration of the remaining lot was alleged for the reason that a product, whole 
mixed eggs and extra egg whites, had been substituted for mixed whole eggs 
which the article purported to be.
Misbranding of the portion of the article containing added egg whites was- 
alleged for the reason that the statement, "Mixed Eggs", borne on the can, 
was false and misleading, and for the further reason that the article was- 
labeled so as to deceive and mislead the purchaser, since the said statement 
represented that it consisted solely of whole eggs, whereas it consisted of 
whole eggs to which had been added extra egg whites.
On April 3, 1934, the defendant entered a plea of guilty, and the court im- 
posed a fine of $25.
M. It. WTLBON, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.